Women Vets

August 23, 1987|By Laura Ost

THE PROPORTION of female applicants to this country's 27 veterinary schools has jumped in recent years because of a severe decrease in the number of male applicants, says Dr. John B. Tasker of Michigan State University. Tasker, who arrived at this finding among a broader study of veterinary school applications, reports that the number of male applicants, who outnumbered female applicants by 3,330 to 3,043 in 1981, is only 1,868 this year, compared with 2,564 women.